Combination automatic and lowering brake for hoisting-machines.



F. A. RUND LE. COMBINATION AUTOMATICJAND LOWERING BRAKE FOR HOISTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. I913.

Pa'tentedSept. 21, 1915.

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F; A. BUNDLE.

COMBiNATION' AUTOMATIC AND LOWERING BRAKE FOR HOISJING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. I913.

1.315335% Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

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FRED A. BUNDLE, 0F HARVEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO .WHITING FOUNDRY EQUIP- MENT COMPANY, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, A'CORPORA'IION OF ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION AUTOMATIC ANDLLOWERING BRAKE FOR HOISTIN'G-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed May-19, 1913. Serial No. 768,456.

' docks is used, it is very important that they shall automatically lock against any tendency of the load to descend, but shall be under the full control of an operator when it is desired to actually lower the load.

The invention relates to hoisting devices of this class, and its object is to so control the hoisting mechanism. I

' The invention consists 1n a comb'matlon of braking devices, one automatic, the other manually operated, the former being released as the latter is brought into use.

More in detail, the invention consists in the use of band brakes combined in the manner described and still more in detail in the specific features hereafter set forth in the specification and the claims.

In'the drawings; in which similar numerals indicate the same parts throughout the several v1ews;F1gure 1 1s a plan now of one form of hoisting mechanism having the preferred form of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the hand brake showing those parts which lie between the lines 2 and 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view taken on the line 3 of Fig. 1, showing the automatic brake.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the two brakes combined lookingat them from the left hand end of Fig.1. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the brake pulley, showing the details'of one form of combined brake and wheel to Which this invention is applied.

The particularhoisting mechanism here illustrated in plan view in Fig. 1' is provided with side frame members 10 and 12 secured by bolts 14 to any suitable foundation, or other. base. 'Journaled in bearings '16 in the sid frames is a main line shaft 18 parallel-to which is a short shaft 20 carriedin bearing 22 in the side frames. These two shafts 18 and 20 are connected together 'by a pairjof suitably proportioned gears 24 suitable means to a fixed support.

and 26 and rotate in unison. On the shaft 20 ]llSlJ inside one bearing of 22 is a pinion 28 meshing with a gear 30 on a shaft 32, also journaled in the side frames. This pinion 28 is rigidly secured to the sleeve 29' i .to which the. brake pulley 42- 14 is also rigidly secured by key 31 or other suitable means. The sleeve is of course, loose on the shaft. Near the opposlte end of this shaft 32 is a pinion 3 l-meshing with a gear 36 on another shaft 38, also journaled in the side frames Rigidly secured to this shaft 38 is a winding drum 40 on which a rope, chain or the like, not shown carryingthe load to be lifted is'wound or unwound, as the case .mav be.

The problem solved by'this invention is to perfectly control the load suspended from drum 40 when the lifting power is taken oli from shaft 18 and this is' accomplished by mechanism which will now be described.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 20 between the bearings 22 is the sleeve 29 which carries the two band brake wheels 42 and H.

In the particular case here illustrated, these trated. this is accomplished by use of the bolt 50 passing through a bar orlug 52 rising from a suitable base 54. The opposite end of this brake band is connected by means of the casting 56. the rod 58, and the adjusting nuts to a pivot 62 in one end of a lever 64 pivoted at 66 on a suitable supporting bracket 68. On the opposite end of lever 64 is a. counterweight 70 adapted to normally swing the lever 64 in a counterclockwise directiontherebyv moving the free end 56-l8 of the brake band upward, as viewed in Fig. 2, and thus releasing the band from frictional contact with the wheel 42. This counterweight engages base'54 as shown in Fig. 2 and thusacts as a stop.

ing 72 and the bolts 74:, is a hand lever 75 adapted to be manipulated by the operator to reamleases a clockwiseldirection against'theaction o'f cOuntei-WeightTO, to

thus, at will, tighten up the brake band. 48.

.VFIOII'I- the foregoing. itwill be' seen that when the devijceiof 2-i's left to itself,the counterweight 7 and the hand, lever 75 will,

in theim'anner described; release brake band.

l8 from the wheel and that when the op 'i" aerator l'niovesthe lever 7 to the right, as

viewed in 2, he can, justas gradually as he desires, tighten the brake band 48' upon thewhee'l and thus accurately. control through the agency of this device any-load .which 'may be carried from'the drum-40.

other brakeband' 78, hav1ng ts opposite 1 Similarly, inclosing the Wheel 44* is an ends connected'toa lever 80, pivoted on a suitable'bea'ring 82 carried byja bracket 84.

The two hearings or pivots 66and82 are" concentric with each other or more properly lie in the same line so that when desired, the

' tWo"levers75 and 80 "can rotate in unison aboutthe'same-central axis.

Extending from the hub 86 of the-lever 80 is a relatively short lever arm 88 to which" one e'nd'ofthe brake hand 78 is, at'

tached, the effective length of the lever being from band 9% to the center of bearing 82. Rigidly'connected to the opposite end of the brake bandTS- is a transverse bearing pin 90 on'which' is journaled a'rod 92, preferably passing through a 'slot 9i in the 0pposite portion of "the band 78. The outer end of the rod 92 is connected by a bolt 96 to a knife edge 98 on a lever 100 longer than the lever 88, whose effective length is the distance between the knife edge .98 and .the center of 82. The end 91 of band9 l'stops against lug-93 on base 95.

It will be noticed that the two lever arms 88 and 100 are of different lengths with reference to the point of attachment of the brake band and yet rotate about the same center 82, with the result that when. the

orato r.- releases lever 8 0 that is', ..moves it toward the pulley.

This device just described, which will be hereafter referred 'to as the automatic brake,

or braking" device, 'therefore'f. automatically "locks the hoisting machine against descent of the load and it'mighfibe supposed that by the operators carefully moving the lever v 80 to the right, as viewed in Fig. 3,.he, could"- thus gradually release and consequenigiy regulate thedescent of the load with su ciently accurate control, but, asa matter: of

fact, this is not practical; because the arc of movement of the lever between, locked under different conditions of lubrication, dampness'and rust of the var ous parts, as

hoisting machine rotates the wheel or pulley 4st in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 3, the band is automatically tightened upon the pulley and thczpulley 4A is therefore, stopped and locked, whereas, when the.

pulley 44: is rotated in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 3, the leverlOO is pulled toward the pulley, thereby releasing the band; The result .of this construction is that this device automaticallylocks the .pul-,

ley when it tends to rotate in a clockwise di', rection, but can be released by the. operator shoving the lever 80 toward the pulley; whereas, onthe otlierhand, when the pulley tends to rotate in a counter clockwise direc" tion', the band 78 will be released; In other words, thisid'evice just described serves the purpose of automatically checking vthe de-f scent of any load uponthe drum 6L0 (said load tending to normally rotate the "pulley a clockwise-direction) unless the op-f position of the band 78. and completely re leased position thereof is too short to effect accurate control ofthe ljoad,, particularly found in working practice. It is for this reason that the more direct and gradually acting handbrake of Fig. isjsupplied adjace-nt'to the automatic brake,. and in. order 1 that the operator may conyenientl'y and automatically handle the twohrakes at, once, a projecting lug or fingen lOQis rigidly connected to some part of. lever, 7\5,,as f'or in stance the inemher 72 and. extending-over 80' on the bearing plate 104'.

into the path ofjtravel of and engageslleven The result of the foregoing constructionis that, when the parts are assembled in the position shown in the drawings and the tensions of the two bands 48 and 78 arelprope erly adjusted by the nuts 60 and 96, and then the operator moves lever 75% the right, as

viewed in Fig. 2, he, in so doing, moves lever 80 to the right and thus; releasels'the {autoleft andithus completelyreleases the hand "brake band 4-8 and also releases the automatic brake from the control of this lever 7 5, with the result thatthe automatic brake is left to operate just asjthough thehand brake device were not present; that is to tends to-rotate' that wheel in a clockfwisedirection and automatically releasing itself and consequently the wheel and the, shaft say, automatically locking thewh'l44an'd consequently the shaft 20 when'everit'he lead QO Wheneyer power is applied'to :themechanism to rotate the shaft 20 in acounter clockwise direction, e., -when r'aisingthe load by mechanical power/takes: placef'fif While it does 110 enter into thisl invention,

are continuously rota-ted powerand when lifting of the-load on drum 4O is totak'e place; the hand levergllO i's manipulated to "it; may be explained that'fshaftsYlSand "20 1 move clutch 112 into and out of engagement with the end or: pulley Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a shaft normally tending to rotate in a given direction, a pair of rigidly connected pulleyson said shaft, a brake band on one of said pulleys, means for automatically operating said bisake to prevent rotation of said shaft in said given direction, a second brake band on the other of said pulleys, a lever for applying said last mentioned brake band, and means operated by the said lever for releasing the automatically controlled brake band. W v

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a shaft normally tending to rotate in a given direction, a pair of rigidly connected pulleys on said shaft, a brake band on one of said pulleys, means for automatically operating said brake band to prevent rotation of said shaft in said. given direction, and permitting a free rotation of said shaft in the opposite direction, a second brake band on the other of said pulleys, a hand lever for applying said brake band, and means carried by said lever for releasing the automatically controlled brake band.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

G. R. BRANDON. A. H. MCDOUGALL. 

